In the team standings, BMC on 2324 points, holds a substantial lead over Quick-Step Floors on 1749 points. Movistar via Quintana was the biggest mover in the rankings, improving from 12th to fourth while Bahrain-Merida drop from 16th to last.

Dennis' second place finish at Tirreno-Adriatico saw the Australian's tally climb to 653 points, raising him from 29th to second in the standings. Quintana though was the biggest mover on the rankings, jumping from way down in 81st to third and now has 620 points to his name. The duo bumped down Henao and Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) while Tom Dumoulin's sixth place on GC also saw Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo) drop out of the top five.

After seven WorldTour events in 2017, 247 riders have scored points.

Saturday's Milan-San Remo is the next WorldTour race on the calendar where the winner will also be awarded 500 points. The Volta a Catalunya then follows from March 20 with 400 points for the overall winner.

WorldTour Rankings - March 15

Individual

#

Rider Name (Country) Team

Result

1

Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team

812

pts

2

Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team

653

3

Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team

620

4

Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky

607

5

Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team

578

6

Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb

541

7

Alberto Contador (Spa) Trek-Segafredo

495

8

Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe

490

9

Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors

460

10

Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin

440

11

Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-Scott

422

12

Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ

412

13

Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data

400

14

Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe

385

15

Rui Costa (Por) Team UAE Abu Dhabi

376

16

Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors

335

17

Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky

320

18

Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team

320

19

Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky

320

20

Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott

305

21

Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb

300

22

Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team LottoNl-Jumbo

290

23

Diego Ulissi (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi

285

24

Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo

275

25

Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-Scott

260

26

Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin

260

27

Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky

235

28

Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo

225

29

Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac

215

30

Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal

215

Teams

#

Rider Name (Country) Team

Result

1

BMC Racing Team

2324

pts

2

Quick-Step Floors

1749

3

Team Sky

1658

4

Orica-Scott

1497

5

Movistar Team

1353

6

Trek-Segafredo

1276

7

Team Sunweb

1225

8

Bora-Hansgrohe

1217

9

Katusha-Alpecin

1000

10

Lotto Soudal

821

11

Team LottoNl-Jumbo

806

12

UAE Team Emirates

744

13

FDJ

711

14

Dimension Data

584

15

AG2R La Mondiale

568

16

Astana Pro Team

511

17

Cannondale-Drapac

493

18

Bahrain-Merida

426

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